The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.